Friday Five: Forestry News for June 23, 2017

Friday Five is our weekly recap of timber and forestry news for the week, and things we think are cool or interesting.

This week: the challenges of biomass in Georgia; a hypothetical look at higher timber taxes in Alabama; the conservation of 13,000+ acres of Weyerhauser land under public review; a £39m timber deal made in error; and an exploded view of the inside of a chainsaw.

Why biomass remains a challenge, even in timber-rich Georgia

• http://southeastenergynews.com/2017/06/16/why-biomass-remains-a-challenge-even-in-timber-rich-georgia/

What if Alabama taxed its timber at a higher rate?

• http://www.al.com/news/mobile/index.ssf/2017/06/what_if_alabama_taxed_its_timb.html

Proposal to conserve 13,398 acres of timber company land under public review

• http://missoulian.com/news/local/proposal-to-conserve-acres-of-timber-company-land-under-public/article_b454f082-87c3-5bb9-9af9-fa6d9c5f6512.html

£39m timber deal was an extraordinary error, say AMs [Wales/EU]

• http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-wales-politics-40273603

Chainsaw Dissection in 3-D

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See you next week!